Quote by Madeleine Albright
The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now tha

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics. – Madeleine Albright

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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters – but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about. – Madeleine Albright

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Women
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesnt mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, youve forgotten high school. – Madeleine Albright

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Change
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This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs. – Madeleine Albright

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When I was growing up, it was Communists. Now its Terrorists. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything. – Cindy Sheehan

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War itself is the enemy of the human race. – Howard Zinn

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